LIANOID is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LIANOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIANOID?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIANOID is to know. It scores 8 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIANOID
No single letter turns LIANOID into another word.
How LIANOID scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in LIANOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 64,331.
What does LIANOID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalbotany
Resembling a liana, a woody climbing vine of tropical forests.
Botanists call a plant lianoid when it climbs and trails like a liana, even if it is not a true member of that group. The shape of growth, not the family, is what the word picks out.
How LIANOID is used
The word lianoid is a rare descriptive term in botany.
- The lianoid shrub climbed high into the canopy.
- They noted the lianoid habit of the young plant.
- A lianoid stem wound around the trunk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIANOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LIANOID
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Common questions about LIANOID
- Is LIANOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIANOID, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIANOID worth?
- LIANOID is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIANOID mean?
- Resembling a liana, a woody climbing vine of tropical forests.
- What letters can be added to LIANOID?
- No single letter can be added to LIANOID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of LIANOID:
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